PSY 570 Module Ten Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric Prompt: The four short paper assignments in this course provide you with an opportunity to explore course concepts to develop your own ideas about ethics in psychology. For your final short paper assignment, you will read the excerpt from Susan Sontag’s book, Regarding the Pain of Others. What is your interpretation of the excerpt? Discuss what you believe Sontag is saying in this excerpt. Discuss your thoughts on Sontag’s claim that remembering is an ethical act. Do you agree with Sontag? Explain your reasoning. Explore the implications of Sontag’s claim for ethics in psychology. What thoughts do you have on this excerpt and its relevance to ethics in psychology? Search Shapiro Library for scholarly resources about Sontag’s life then discuss how what you have learned about Sontag influences your understanding of her writing. Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2–3 page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one- inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Interpretation Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides a comprehensive explanation of the meaning behind the passage

Provides an interpretation of the excerpt and explains what Sontag is saying

Provides an interpretation of the excerpt but does not fully explain what Sontag is saying

Does not provide an interpretation of the excerpt

25

Position Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates keen insights into ethics in psychology as it relates to remembering

Discusses thoughts on Sontag’s claim and explains reasoning

Discusses thoughts on Sontag’s claim but does not explain reasoning

Does not discuss thoughts on Sontag’s claim

25

Relevance to Ethics in

Psychology

Meets “Proficient” criteria and supports reasoning with examples

Explains relevance of excerpt to ethics in psychology and explains reasoning

Explains relevance of excerpt to ethics in psychology but does not explain reasoning

Does not explain relevance of excerpt to ethics in psychology

25

Researching Sontag

Meets “Proficient” criteria and cites specific examples from Sontag’s life

References scholarly resources about Sontag’s life and discusses how this information influences understanding of her writing

References scholarly resources about Sontag’s life but does not discuss how this information influences understanding of her writing

Does not reference scholarly resources about Sontag’s life

15

APA Writing

No errors related to APA organization, grammar, style, or citations

Minor errors related to APA organization, grammar, style, and citations

Some errors related to APA organization, grammar, style, and citations

Major APA errors related to organization, grammar, style, and citations

10

Earned Total 100%

Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others Excerpt Susan Sontag is an author of four novels, a collection of stories, several plays, and many works of nonfiction. She has received the National Book Award for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism and the Jerusalem Prize for her body of work. She also received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. “Remembering is an ethical act, has ethical value in and of itself. Memory is, achingly,

the only relation we can have with the dead. So the belief that remembering is an

ethical act is deep in our natures as humans, who know we are going to die, and who

mourn those who in the normal course of things die before us—grandparents, parents,

teachers, and older friends. Heartlessness and amnesia seem to go together” (Sontag,

2003, 115).

Reference

Sontag, S. (2003). Regarding the pain of others. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.